Definition | Word |
Organ that controls what the body does. | brain |
Part of the microscope you look down. | eyepiece lens |
Wheel on a microscope that moves parts of the microscope to get the image into focus. | focusing wheel |
Organ that pumps blood. | heart |
What you see down a microscope. | image |
an organ used to digest, absorb and remove water from food | intestine |
Organs used to clean the blood and make urine. | kidneys |
Plant organ used to make food using photosynthesis. | leaf |
Organ used to make and destroy substances in our bodies. | liver |
Organs used to take oxygen out of the air and put waste carbon dioxide into the air. | lungs |
How much bigger a microscope makes something appear. | magnification |
Used to magnify small things. | microscope |
A large part of a plant or animal that does a very important job. | organ |
Process that plants use to make their own food. It needs light to work. | photosynthesis |
Plant organ used to take water out of the soil. | root |
Organ used for protection and feeling. | skin |
Glass sheet that a specimen is put on. | slide |
What you look at down a microscope. | specimen |
Plant organ used to take water to the leaves and to support the leaves. | stem |
Organ used to store and break up food. | stomach |
Organs are made of different tissues. | tissue |
the basic unit which living things are made of | cell |
controls what goes into and out of a cell | cell surface membrane |
tough wall around plant cells. Helps to support the cell | cell wall |
jelly inside a cell where the cell's activities happen | cytoplasm |
controls what a cell does | nucleus |
storage space in plant cells | vacuole |
when something has certain features to help it do a particular job. | adapted |
cell that can change its length and so help us to move | muscle cell |
cell that carries messages around the body | nerve cell |
cell found in roots. It has a large surface area to help the cell absorb water quickly | root hair cell |
part of the stamen. It produces pollen grains | anther |
part of the stamen. It supports the anther. | filament |
organ system containing reproductive organs - carpel(female), stamen(male) | flower |
something used to carry seeds. Can be fleshy or dry | fruit |
part of the carpel. It contains the ovules, each of which contain an egg cell | ovary (in a plant) |
contains the egg cells | ovule |
the male sex cell in plants | pollen grain |
transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma | pollination |
contains a plant embryo and a store of food | seed |
male reproductive organ found in flowers. It is made of an anther and a filament | stamen |
part of the carpel. It is where pollen lands | stigma |
part of the carpel connecting the stigma to the ovary. | style |